Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 324
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/10/2025           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Smith) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (968940) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 125 - 145
    5  and insert:
    6  program.
    7         (2) An applicant must acknowledge, as a condition of
    8  applying to the program, that submitting an application does not
    9  guarantee funding and that the department is not liable for any
   10  damages, including, but not limited to, lost profits or business
   11  interruptions resulting from the department denying a loan or
   12  delaying disbursement of a loan, or from government construction
   13  activities.
   14         (3) This part may not be construed to create a private
   15  right of action against the department or any of its officers,
   16  employees, agents, or contractors. Eligibility determinations,
   17  prioritization of applications, and loan award decisions made in
   18  accordance with applicable program rules and guidelines are
   19  considered final agency action and are not subject to further
   20  judicial review except as provided in s. 120.68.
   21         (4) The department may adopt rules establishing clear
   22  application procedures, evaluation criteria, and dispute
   23  resolution processes to ensure consistency and transparency in
   24  program administration.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 194 - 207
   29  and insert:
   30         duties of the program; providing construction;
   31         requiring an applicant to acknowledge that submitting
   32         and application does not guarantee funding; providing
   33         that the department is not liable for any damages
   34         resulting in the department denying an applicant;
   35         providing construction; providing that certain
   36         determinations, prioritizations, and decisions made
   37         are deemed final agency action and not subject to
   38         further judicial review; providing an exception;
   39         authorizing the department to adopt rules; creating s.
   40         288.9998, F.S.;